youth is wasted on the young

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Often attributed to George Bernard Shaw.

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youth is wasted on the young

  1. The young fail to appreciate or make good use of what they experience.
    • 1983, Lawrence Bush, Bessie, Seaview/Putnam, →ISBN, page 56:
      Maybe someday the old and the young will live together and work together. But like they say, youth is wasted on the young, and I would also say that wisdom is wasted on the old.

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